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spiritofmusic

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• Oct 26, 2016

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Well, the NATs SE2SEs are narrow and deep, so may well suit Ultras ergonomically
Utopia linestage and Eera cdp are more standard dimensions, if a little smaller than the Magnetostat, so Giants may be ok
The Giants I bought from you worked just fine under my Eera

Btw, have you seen the price spike on Mooks?
Ultras are now Giants' price from a while ago, and Giants are in excess of £2500
Go Brexit, go!
Harlequin's advice to do Giants on source/linestage, and Ultras the rest gets no financial argument from me
Indeed, I'm minded to allow my current system to settle in the new space w no component changes at all, get to know the room, max out the acoustics w my GIKs, and add to these w diffusors if advantageous, and max tonality and the "Wood" of the sound by progressively Mooking each component in time
This will mean starting w my existing Giants under the Utopia linestage, add Giants or Ultras to the Eera cdp, thence NATs monoblocks, bpt, Entreqs

 

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• Oct 26, 2016

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I think you should buy one set of ultra, and then compare your giant and the ultra on the pre and the CDP. I think given the sizes (there will be feet and screws underneath) they might struggle to accomodate the Giants. Not that you need to figure it out now. Once you compare the ultra and the giant, you will know immediately. And for the one that doesn't work, you will have room for it under some other component, so you won't lose any money. But better to buy one ultra and move it around to know how many giants and ultras you need.

 

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• Oct 26, 2016

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Good advice Ked
Now all I need is the cash
I've sunk about £35k/$50k into my new space, so I'm a tad short of funds atm
Anyhow, Ultras v Giants should be fascinating

 

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• Nov 9, 2016

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Just acquired a few older pre owned Super's, interestingly the quality of the M'pingo is exceptional with regard to weight and perceived density as compared to some new production Ultra's , we shall see!

 

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• Nov 9, 2016

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Just acquired a few older pre owned Super's, interestingly the quality of the M'pingo is exceptional with regard to weight and perceived density as compared to some new production Ultra's , we shall see!

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I.have been searching for Supers. Jealous you got them.

I think he tuned the weight, so new ones are lighter

 

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I think he tuned the weight, so new ones are lighter

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Sorry about that bonzo

My understanding also, May well prove to be an interesting Older rather dense Super's Vs Lighter new production Ultra's shoot out.

I acquired them with the Ref250's in mind however I might even try them under the CLX's .

 

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• Nov 12, 2016

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I just received an interesting PM from a new member who recommended sitting ones Mooked equipment upon glass rather than wood, interestingly for the same reasoning I like the hybrid effect of Mook's upon a Stillpoint rack.

 

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• Nov 13, 2016

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• Nov 13, 2016

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Please tell me you are using them more than as luxury dampers

 

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• Nov 13, 2016

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Please tell me you are using them more than as luxury dampers

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Have so many I don't know where to put them all
Whilst I do employ a set of GDR's on case tuning duties, the image was taken as a reference to folks re relative size of the DR's as well as the organic variation in the M'Pingo timber itself.



Time to dust methinks !

 

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• Nov 13, 2016

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I finally have everything up on Mookies, except my pre is on Dalby's, and love difference they have made on each piece.

 

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Very nice indeed Harry, those Dalby's are Ferociously Expensive Foo

 

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• Nov 13, 2016

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Harry, what's the rest of your system? And what difference do you find between the mooks and the Dalby?

 

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• Nov 14, 2016

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A tad blurry, however.

 

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• Nov 14, 2016

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A tad blurry, however.

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Oh nice Mook porn.

 

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• Feb 15, 2017

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Hi Mookers,

So I have been sans system since October and only set it back up last week. I have been reassembling everything slowly and hadn't yet got the Mooks out.

Today I decided to add some to the system to see what is what and check my previous beliefs. So first up was my Analog Domain integrated amplifier. I added my ultra diamonds as per normal and replayed the same tracks and back came some musical magic. The bass was deeper and with more texture and the stage dropped back. The timbre of instruments and authenticity of voices improved by enough of a margin to make me smile. By comparison, I took them out and inserted stillpoints in. The stillpoints provided a cleaner sound but tilted upwards the whole frequency response losing the bass texture and solidity. Amazing when you think about it as the Analog Domain is a very hefty chassis and a ss component so wouldn't necessarily assume it to be impacted like this. Anyway - Stillpoints quickly removed as music was lost by comparison and back to Mooks.

I then placed Mook discs on GG chassis, AD amp, power supply to Aries and Aries and this took this system up another notch again mainly in musicality.

Now the one thing that some people are more sceptical about is room tuning - I am not sure even Ked totally buys into this and he is a firm Mooker. Anyway I placed discs at the usual spots as suggested on the site and it is amazing how the stage improves in depth and the imaging improves - really baffles me tbh. Any way if you own Mooks you really need to try the room tuning. If you don't trust me, check out Greg Beron's advice and listening room.

 

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• Feb 15, 2017

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I am a huge fan of Greg's but I am skeptical about being Mooked!

 

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• Feb 15, 2017

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Best thing is - I mook'd my new bifold window and my Mrs did not see (yet)

 

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Ron Resnick said:

I am a huge fan of Greg's but I am skeptical about being Mooked!

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Hey Ron,

Anything Greg says is holy grail to me. Get Mook'd lol!!

 

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• Feb 15, 2017

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Ron Resnick said:

I am a huge fan of Greg's but I am skeptical about being Mooked!

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Based on what. Check out Siddh on audionirvana, he has CMS, mooks, dalby, everything. It is actually wrote easy to hear the difference, just like glass...this is aged and ruined ebony...Not new, the same thing is done with violins and instruments...they are tinged with wood, like pernambuco, ebony, rosewood etc...